Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread hiro 
i'm sure that touchpad will suck for chording.

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread Skip Tavakkolian 
> While I have a laptop and could put 9front on it, I also really like the
> thought of carrying around a little Raspberry Pi and portable
> keyboard/mouse as an alternative. 

i've used a "lapdock" with rpi/9pi.  it is *almost* useful as a term.
i don't have a pitop (below), but it seems practical using an rpi3 with
wifi support in plan9.  for that price, you could look like the
coolest kid in the class!  

https://www.adafruit.com/products/3065?gclid=CjwKEAjwvb2_BRCb_s7Yo7_ZlHASJABz6L0j9l8Qqx6JQL4s1JHg1mMV88a0fHVij61v18dg3m_4QBoCvVHw_wcB

Re: [9fans] Questions on the browser as a platform if plan 9 had gained marketshare

2016-10-01 Thread Jules Merit 
"Whose?" white horse 112 1:19pm ring a bell?

On Oct 1, 2016 1:19 PM, "Marshall Conover"  wrote:

> > I was browsing of my old plan 9 mail and this conversation from 2000
> made me think of your thread here:  https://goo.gl/PO85oD
>
> That conversation was interesting! It seemed Matt was a pretty prescient
> guy. The "supports the latest standards...whose?" bit gave me a chuckle.
>
> There wasn't too much in the way of directed conversation about what
> different implementations of the web could've been, sadly, though there
> were some - more just how feasible it'd be to implement the web as it was
> on plan 9. I'm sure whatever Rob's intern was working has been lost to time.
>
> Thanks for finding it!
>
>

Re: [9fans] Questions on the browser as a platform if plan 9 had gained marketshare

2016-10-01 Thread Marshall Conover 
> I was browsing of my old plan 9 mail and this conversation from 2000 made
me think of your thread here:  https://goo.gl/PO85oD

That conversation was interesting! It seemed Matt was a pretty prescient
guy. The "supports the latest standards...whose?" bit gave me a chuckle.

There wasn't too much in the way of directed conversation about what
different implementations of the web could've been, sadly, though there
were some - more just how feasible it'd be to implement the web as it was
on plan 9. I'm sure whatever Rob's intern was working has been lost to time.

Thanks for finding it!

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread Brian L. Stuart 
On Sat, 10/1/16, James A. Robinson  wrote:
> Honestly I had been assuming one of those usb battery packs would work. :)

They work pretty well.  One I tested with a B+ and a 3.5" LCD screen
lasted about 4 hours before it crashed.  I should time it with a 3 and
one of the DSI interface 7" LCD screens.

BLS

Re: [9fans] Questions on the browser as a platform if plan 9 had gained marketshare

2016-10-01 Thread James A. Robinson 
Oh, and for anyone who hates web pages but were on the mailing list back
then, it is the "[9fans] Gecko based web browser" thread from 2000-07-18.
 :-P

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 8:03 AM James A. Robinson  wrote:

> I was browsing of my old plan 9 mail and this conversation from 2000 made
> me think of your thread here:  https://goo.gl/PO85oD
>

Re: [9fans] Questions on the browser as a platform if plan 9 had gained marketshare

2016-10-01 Thread James A. Robinson 
I was browsing of my old plan 9 mail and this conversation from 2000 made
me think of your thread here:  https://goo.gl/PO85oD

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread Chris McGee 
Sure, they would work but it's one more thing to have to charge. My drill 
batteries are always charged and I already own them.

> On Oct 1, 2016, at 9:40 AM, James A. Robinson  wrote:
> 
> Honestly I had been assuming one of those usb battery packs would work. :)
> 
> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 4:59 AM Chris McGee  wrote:
> I found some $4 voltage regulators that will convert 18v Lithium ion drill 
> batteries to power my Pi. Could be useful for field work.

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread James A. Robinson 
Honestly I had been assuming one of those usb battery packs would work. :)

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 4:59 AM Chris McGee  wrote:

I found some $4 voltage regulators that will convert 18v Lithium ion drill
batteries to power my Pi. Could be useful for field work.

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread Chris McGee 

> I forgot the thinkpad also has an inbuilt battery. Good for mobility
> and against flaky power in development countries.

I found some $4 voltage regulators that will convert 18v Lithium ion drill 
batteries to power my Pi. Could be useful for field work.

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread James A. Robinson 
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 1:06 AM, hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote:

> i don't see a mouse in this keyboard. the keys have non-standard size
> and i'm sure it sucks to type on it. also once you add up the size of
> the pi, the pi case, the cables (dvi-hdmi, mini-dvi-hdmi, dp-hdmi and
> vga-hdmi adaptors) and the keyboard you're arriving at thinkpad
> dimensions anyway.
>
> I forgot the thinkpad also has an inbuilt battery. Good for mobility
> and against flaky power in development countries.
>
> On 10/1/16, James A. Robinson  wrote:
> > I was thinking about things like this:
> >
> > http://www.ohgizmo.com/2011/05/20/ohgizmo-review-verbatim-
> wireless-bluetooth-mobile-keyboard/
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:56 PM hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> since i've never been in a cheap motel room with a keyboard and usable
> >> 3-button mouse i tend to just carry my thinkpad around with me that
> >> has a usable inbuilt mouse and keyboard in addition to a display.
> >>
> >
>
>

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread hiro 
i don't see a mouse in this keyboard. the keys have non-standard size
and i'm sure it sucks to type on it. also once you add up the size of
the pi, the pi case, the cables (dvi-hdmi, mini-dvi-hdmi, dp-hdmi and
vga-hdmi adaptors) and the keyboard you're arriving at thinkpad
dimensions anyway.

I forgot the thinkpad also has an inbuilt battery. Good for mobility
and against flaky power in development countries.

On 10/1/16, James A. Robinson  wrote:
> I was thinking about things like this:
>
> http://www.ohgizmo.com/2011/05/20/ohgizmo-review-verbatim-wireless-bluetooth-mobile-keyboard/
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:56 PM hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> since i've never been in a cheap motel room with a keyboard and usable
>> 3-button mouse i tend to just carry my thinkpad around with me that
>> has a usable inbuilt mouse and keyboard in addition to a display.
>>
>

Re: [9fans] Terminal possibliities...

2016-10-01 Thread James A. Robinson 
I was thinking about things like this:

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2011/05/20/ohgizmo-review-verbatim-wireless-bluetooth-mobile-keyboard/

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:56 PM hiro <23h...@gmail.com> wrote:

> since i've never been in a cheap motel room with a keyboard and usable
> 3-button mouse i tend to just carry my thinkpad around with me that
> has a usable inbuilt mouse and keyboard in addition to a display.
>